WWE Name Wants Some Commentators To ‘Just Shut Up’

A WWE name has revealed that they want some commentators to “just shut up” in a frank assessment of their role.

Bruce Prichard recently made the statement on his Something to Wrestle podcast, revealing the need to balance talking about the action and letting the action do the talking, saying:

“That’s an art. You gotta know as a commentator and play-by-play guy when to just shut up.

“Feel what’s happening in front of you. Let the audience decide whether that’s ‘Oh my God!’ rather than you telling me it’s an ‘Oh my God.'”

Choosing their time to speak was only one aspect of Prichard’s criticism, with the WWE Executive talking about commentators commentating on what a viewer has just seen, saying:

“I saw that. I saw it, I got eyes. It’s TV, it’s not radio.”

With much of Prichard’s perspective revolving around letting the moment tell the story and letting the viewer (or audience) to absorb what they’ve just witnessed, he concluded:

“Whenever a commentator can just lay out, so much more powerful than blabbering over every second of every show.”

Carmella recently joined the commentary team on the February 17 episode of WWE SmackDown for the match between Liv Morgan and Asuka.

She commented on her time in the role and revealed that she wouldn’t be opposed to taking up the position again.

Transcript from Wrestling Inc.

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